Disability Critical Race Theory and Conceptualizations of Place and Space: Working Toward Intersectional Understanding

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The symposium is comprised of four papers that work together to provide a rich context for exploring DisCrit theory as an intersectional analytical lens. The purposes of this symposium are to: (1) deepen and extend disability critical race theory (DisCrit) with considerations of space and place; (2) provide examples of the analytical affordances of this extended notion of DisCrit; and (3) illustrate the importance of seeking intersectional understanding of the production of social inequities. The scholarly and scientific significance of this symposium lies in the shared focus on of these papers on examining the intersectional nature of social inequity through a DisCrit lens. This work is critically important for scholars seeking to understand and disrupt disability oppression.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Disability Studies in Education

Chair

• Kathleen M. Collins, The Pennsylvania State University

Papers

• Locating Race and Learning Disabilities: Fantasies of Identification and the Problematic Body - Justin Freedman, Syracuse University; Beth A. Ferri, Syracuse University

• Conceptualizing Color-Evasiveness: Using Disability Critical Race Theory to Expand Notions of Color Blindness - Subini Ancy Annamma, The University of Kansas; Darrell Jackson, University of Wyoming

• Spatial Dis-locations at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Disability: Exploring Section 504 and Disproportionality - Nirmala Erevelles, The University of Alabama

• "You're Not Listening to Me": Rachel Jeantel and Social Geographies of Dis/ability, Race, and Literacy - Kathleen M. Collins, The Pennsylvania State University

Discussant

• David O. Stovall, University of Illinois at Chicago